The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish

In this podcast, topics include running evil cities like Vandekhul, Elizabethian politics, adding nice places for characters to rest, and layers of history. Also covered are tips for creating a safe haven, exploring dungeon maps, and delving into dark underground adventures.

In this podcast, they discuss getting cheap miniatures for D&D, exciting RPG book kickstarters, analyzing CR3 monsters, introducing a new search engine for Sly Flourish, intersecting games of monster and character design, optimizing online RPG play, and balancing powerful items in gameplay.

Deep dive into the Shadowed Keep of the Borderlands adventure by Raging Swan Press. Discussing its quality, value, and potential expansions. Adapting the adventure for higher-level characters. Exploring dynamic factions, watchtower locations, and the intricate Black Cathedral subplot. Highly recommended purchase with insights on extending the campaign.

Discussing Jim Ward's legacy, analyzing WOTC survey predictions, exploring new D&D products, tips for campaign endings. Covering Baldur's Gate 3 future, player-driven character arcs, balancing humor in games, and lazy encounter benchmarking method.

Host Mike prepares for his Shadowdark RPG campaign, detailing encounters, mysterious locations, and secrets. Players face challenges and manipulate orbs in an RPG setting. GM focuses on narrative coherence over strict balance in designing encounters. Characters explore vile wells, cursed survivors' camps, and mysterious towers in preparation for upcoming sessions. Hosts express gratitude to listeners and promote Sly Flourish newsletter, Patreon, and merchandise.

Delve into RPG news with discussions on Humble Bundle releases, SRDs, and Wizards of the Coast's surveys. Explore the potential use of AI in D&D, collaboration in the RPG community, and new RPG system, Daggerheart. Gain insights on high-level character challenges, online gameplay dynamics, and strategies for maintaining DM interest in long campaigns.

Explore using Obsidian for RPG prep with insights on markdown, syncing notes, and efficiency. Learn about the dangers of plugin proprietary notes and the benefits of using Espanso for text autofilling. Discover how to print notes to PDF with Automator, Shell Scripting, Pandoc, and Latex for streamlined RPG prep.

In this podcast, they discuss taking critical notes during the game, exploring Kickstarter projects, NASA's D&D adventures, Chaosium's design challenge, introducing new players to RPGs, and uncovering secrets in RPG campaigns. They also touch on the importance of capturing character details, session endings, and significant interactions to enhance gameplay and preparation.

Mike prepares for his Shadowdark RPG campaign, the Gloaming! Shadowdark RPG Campaign Notebook available to Sly Flourish patrons Visit the Sly Flourish Blog Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books Shadowdark RPG Cursed Scroll 1 Dyson Maps

Topics include D&D news, the benefits of character factions, the many right answers in TTRPGs, challenges of AI in gaming, and ethical considerations of coding tools like Chat GPT.